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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondejits . CANDIDATES AND FREEMASONS' HALL .
TO THB EDITOR OF THE PItEEiXASOXs' MAGAZINE AND 3 IASONIC 3 TIRKOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I am but a Provincial Mason , but occasionally I visit our Hall , of which I am justly proud siuce its reconstruction , and so I may he allowed to make a little note . Some time ago I got an invitation to attend a great
festival , and went into what was marked as ante-room , where I put on my clothing . As a ceremony was going on , there followed a large congregation of P . M . ' s and M . M . ' s , talking Masonry , & c , and some candidates . The candidates had the benefit of questions in the 2 nd and 3 rd degrees , of the
announcement of various brethren , saw and conversed with several friends , saw the preparations for the 2 nd and 3 rd degrees , and the clothing of the brethren of various ranks , and , by several openings of the door , got stray hits of different ceremonies . Besides this , there was application to sherry and biscuitsby tbe helof
, p which the last candidate fortified his courage , hut , in the course of the evening , forfeited his reasoning powers . As I am from the country , this appeared to me a very strange thing in our great hall . I think we can do better in some parts .
If not making too hold , may I suggest to the great men in London that a reception room for candidates might be set apart somewhere on lodge nights ? There are some other strange things I have noticed ; but they may be right and I may be wrong . Yours fraternally , A PEOVISXTAI , MASOK .
The Masonic Lifeboat.
THE MASONIC LIFEBOAT .
SO THE EDITOR OP THB PEEEHASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBROB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Were there any amongst your numerous readers on Sunday evening last who , while enjoying the comforts of their own fireside , and listening to tbe fearful gale that was then raging around them , gave any very anxious thoughts about tho safety of those poor fellows at seaand amongst them mana brother
, y Mason ? Were there , I say , any who could listen unmoved at the thought that " at that moment , when the storm was at its height , that doubtless many a poor creature was then struggling for life with no ' prospect before him but certain death ?—tbac many who iu the morning were full of pleasing anticipations after a long voyage of meeting their wiveschildrenand friends
, , , were destined never to see the light of another dayor were they the type of that old song of"Ye gentlemen of England , who live at home at ease , How little do you think upon the dangers of tlio seas . '' If they were not , how , and why is it that the fund for the Masonic Lifeboat " still drags its weary length and
along , " requires appeal after appeal , to pass unheeded as the idle winds which thoy regard not . God only knows what services might have been rendered and what valuable lives might have been spared if the brethren had responded to the numerous calls that have at various times been made so as to havo at least one placed on some station . I cannot but think we have much , as an influential
The Masonic Lifeboat.
' body , to answer for , as it is not only what we might have done ourselves , but , as Masons , we are taught to influence others ; and the example , had it been set , might have led other societies to follow . Many who are now widows would still have been wives , and orphans had parents . Cau brethren meet at their festive board with clear consciencesand wish the usual toast of the speed
, y return to their native land of absent brethren , many of whom are wrecked on their native shore , without lending a helping hand to save them . I do hope this stigma will not bo allowed to longer exist , and that lodges will bo roused from their lethargic state , and that without further delay . Do , Bro . Editor , publish a list in full of all
subscriptions received , that we might know exactly how we stand . It is such a duty on us , that I hold no lodge should have another banquet till they had first devoted some portion of their funds to this real Masonic duty . Tours fraternally , W . BIGGS , P . M . 1 , 101 . [ Wo have been promised that before the next issue a list will be furnished to us , which shall then be published . —ED . P . M . ]
Canadian High Degrees.
CANADIAN HIGH DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOK ' OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRBOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number for October last ( page 350 ) , is a letter signed "An American Freemason , " embodying an untruthful and unbrotherly attack on Colonel iUoore , 33 ° , Grand Prior of the dominion of Canada , who is pretty well known through the length and breadth thereofand equallliked and respected .
, y The Colonel has an earnest , or , I should say , enthusiastic zeal for Knight Templarship , and , owing to a lengthy residence at Malta , where he worked as a K . T ., has acquired such a knowledge of the old Knights , and their sayings and doings , as to make him probably about the best and most reliable authority on this continent on matters relating to that Ordernot excepting even the
, "American Freemason . " Colonel Moore is about the last man to endeavour to force his opinions and knowledge , and is never in a hurry to ventilate them , unless asked to do so , or in bis official capacity . But it is not my purpose to attempt to take his part on the subject of Knight Templarship . He is well able to maintain his own position . It is with resoect to that
portion of the " American Freemason ' s " letter referring to the A . & A . Bite in Canada that I take exception , as a close friend and fellow-labourer of the man whose character , as a brother and companion , is so freely and unfairly aspersed . The "American Freemason " writes : — "Forthe Grand Prior of Canadian Templars to organize , ex oficio , a
consistory of S . P . E . S . of the A . A . S . Eite is simply an assumption , and such Consistory is an illegitimate creation , and as such it must be regarded by all Supreme Councils , wherever situated . " Then , speaking of the Kadosh , or 30 ° , he goes on to say : — "But the possession of that degree by an English Grand Prior confers on him no right to organize
governing bodies , or even working bodies of the A .. A . S . Eite , or can it necessarily do so . " Well , Colonel Moore knows that , and so do we all . The " American Freemason " concludes by volunteering his sympathy , because that " his brethren of the Dominion of Canada are likely to bo imposed upon by a bastard organization under the leadership of Grand Prior Moore . "
Thank you for nothing ! Grand Prior Moore ( as such ) has not ex officio organized the High Degrees . He knows better ! But , as the constituted Deputy of the " Supreme Grand Council of England and Wales and the Dependencies " ( a body , I presume , quite as good
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondejits . CANDIDATES AND FREEMASONS' HALL .
TO THB EDITOR OF THE PItEEiXASOXs' MAGAZINE AND 3 IASONIC 3 TIRKOR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I am but a Provincial Mason , but occasionally I visit our Hall , of which I am justly proud siuce its reconstruction , and so I may he allowed to make a little note . Some time ago I got an invitation to attend a great
festival , and went into what was marked as ante-room , where I put on my clothing . As a ceremony was going on , there followed a large congregation of P . M . ' s and M . M . ' s , talking Masonry , & c , and some candidates . The candidates had the benefit of questions in the 2 nd and 3 rd degrees , of the
announcement of various brethren , saw and conversed with several friends , saw the preparations for the 2 nd and 3 rd degrees , and the clothing of the brethren of various ranks , and , by several openings of the door , got stray hits of different ceremonies . Besides this , there was application to sherry and biscuitsby tbe helof
, p which the last candidate fortified his courage , hut , in the course of the evening , forfeited his reasoning powers . As I am from the country , this appeared to me a very strange thing in our great hall . I think we can do better in some parts .
If not making too hold , may I suggest to the great men in London that a reception room for candidates might be set apart somewhere on lodge nights ? There are some other strange things I have noticed ; but they may be right and I may be wrong . Yours fraternally , A PEOVISXTAI , MASOK .
The Masonic Lifeboat.
THE MASONIC LIFEBOAT .
SO THE EDITOR OP THB PEEEHASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBROB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Were there any amongst your numerous readers on Sunday evening last who , while enjoying the comforts of their own fireside , and listening to tbe fearful gale that was then raging around them , gave any very anxious thoughts about tho safety of those poor fellows at seaand amongst them mana brother
, y Mason ? Were there , I say , any who could listen unmoved at the thought that " at that moment , when the storm was at its height , that doubtless many a poor creature was then struggling for life with no ' prospect before him but certain death ?—tbac many who iu the morning were full of pleasing anticipations after a long voyage of meeting their wiveschildrenand friends
, , , were destined never to see the light of another dayor were they the type of that old song of"Ye gentlemen of England , who live at home at ease , How little do you think upon the dangers of tlio seas . '' If they were not , how , and why is it that the fund for the Masonic Lifeboat " still drags its weary length and
along , " requires appeal after appeal , to pass unheeded as the idle winds which thoy regard not . God only knows what services might have been rendered and what valuable lives might have been spared if the brethren had responded to the numerous calls that have at various times been made so as to havo at least one placed on some station . I cannot but think we have much , as an influential
The Masonic Lifeboat.
' body , to answer for , as it is not only what we might have done ourselves , but , as Masons , we are taught to influence others ; and the example , had it been set , might have led other societies to follow . Many who are now widows would still have been wives , and orphans had parents . Cau brethren meet at their festive board with clear consciencesand wish the usual toast of the speed
, y return to their native land of absent brethren , many of whom are wrecked on their native shore , without lending a helping hand to save them . I do hope this stigma will not bo allowed to longer exist , and that lodges will bo roused from their lethargic state , and that without further delay . Do , Bro . Editor , publish a list in full of all
subscriptions received , that we might know exactly how we stand . It is such a duty on us , that I hold no lodge should have another banquet till they had first devoted some portion of their funds to this real Masonic duty . Tours fraternally , W . BIGGS , P . M . 1 , 101 . [ Wo have been promised that before the next issue a list will be furnished to us , which shall then be published . —ED . P . M . ]
Canadian High Degrees.
CANADIAN HIGH DEGREES .
TO THE EDITOK ' OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRBOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number for October last ( page 350 ) , is a letter signed "An American Freemason , " embodying an untruthful and unbrotherly attack on Colonel iUoore , 33 ° , Grand Prior of the dominion of Canada , who is pretty well known through the length and breadth thereofand equallliked and respected .
, y The Colonel has an earnest , or , I should say , enthusiastic zeal for Knight Templarship , and , owing to a lengthy residence at Malta , where he worked as a K . T ., has acquired such a knowledge of the old Knights , and their sayings and doings , as to make him probably about the best and most reliable authority on this continent on matters relating to that Ordernot excepting even the
, "American Freemason . " Colonel Moore is about the last man to endeavour to force his opinions and knowledge , and is never in a hurry to ventilate them , unless asked to do so , or in bis official capacity . But it is not my purpose to attempt to take his part on the subject of Knight Templarship . He is well able to maintain his own position . It is with resoect to that
portion of the " American Freemason ' s " letter referring to the A . & A . Bite in Canada that I take exception , as a close friend and fellow-labourer of the man whose character , as a brother and companion , is so freely and unfairly aspersed . The "American Freemason " writes : — "Forthe Grand Prior of Canadian Templars to organize , ex oficio , a
consistory of S . P . E . S . of the A . A . S . Eite is simply an assumption , and such Consistory is an illegitimate creation , and as such it must be regarded by all Supreme Councils , wherever situated . " Then , speaking of the Kadosh , or 30 ° , he goes on to say : — "But the possession of that degree by an English Grand Prior confers on him no right to organize
governing bodies , or even working bodies of the A .. A . S . Eite , or can it necessarily do so . " Well , Colonel Moore knows that , and so do we all . The " American Freemason " concludes by volunteering his sympathy , because that " his brethren of the Dominion of Canada are likely to bo imposed upon by a bastard organization under the leadership of Grand Prior Moore . "
Thank you for nothing ! Grand Prior Moore ( as such ) has not ex officio organized the High Degrees . He knows better ! But , as the constituted Deputy of the " Supreme Grand Council of England and Wales and the Dependencies " ( a body , I presume , quite as good